Будь круче (2005) Online

Cast overview, first billed only:
	John Travolta	-	Chili Palmer
	Uma Thurman	-	Edie Athens
	Vince Vaughn	-	Raji
	Cedric the Entertainer	-	Sin LaSalle
	André Benjamin	-	Dabu
	Steven Tyler	-	Steven Tyler
	Robert Pastorelli	-	Joe Loop
	Christina Milian	-	Linda Moon
	Paul Adelstein	-	Hy Gordon
	Debi Mazar	-	Marla
	Gregory Alan Williams	-	Darryl (as GregAlan Williams)
	Harvey Keitel	-	Nick Carr
	Dwayne Johnson	-	Elliot Wilhelm (as The Rock)
	Danny DeVito	-	Martin Weir
	James Woods	-	Tommy Athens

In the beginning of the film, Chili mentions how a film needs to only use the "f" word more than once in order to get an R-rating. He then uses the "f" word, the only use of it in the film, and thus, it received a PG-13 rating.

Elmore Leonard named Elliot Wilhelm (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) after real-life film critic and Detroit Institute of Arts film curator Elliot Wilhelm (the real Wilhelm makes an uncredited appearance early in the film as a patron at the Viper Room).

John Travolta suggested Uma Thurman for the role of Edie, wanting to re-create their chemistry from Pulp Fiction (1994).

This was Robert Pastorelli's last film. He died from an accidental drug overdose during production.

James Woods was originally cast as Nick Carr, but had to drop out due to emergency surgery for an aneurysm. He was given the smaller role of Tommy Athens instead.

The scenes at the NBA game with John Travolta and Uma Thurman were filmed at the Staples Center during a game between the Lakers and the Sacramento Kings on February 26, 2004. Although the film depicts the Lakers winning the game, they lost 101-103.

In the scene when Elliot (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is chasing Raji (Vince Vaughn) around the car, most of the scene was improvised. At the end, when Raji was saying, "E. Weasy" and started to dance, once the camera moves back, you can see Elliot smiling.

Joe Pesci was part of the cast before filming began. But, for reasons unknown, he left the project shortly before production started.

When speaking about a Honda Insight, Chili says, "It's the Cadillac of hybrids", an homage to the line, "It's the Cadillac of minivans" from Get Shorty (1995).

This is the last movie where Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is shown in credits as "The Rock". He would be credited as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson after this movie, and he would drop "The Rock" and just go by Dwayne Johnson. Only in WWE productions is he referred to as "The Rock".

When Sin LaSalle (Cedric the Entertainer) goes to call Raji (Vince Vaughn) after the threatening "prank" call, we get to see two of the numbers in Sin's cell phone directory. One is R. Lowenthal (Raji), the other is G. Gray, a reference to Director F. Gary Gray.

The infamous monologue that Sin LaSalle (Cedric the Entertainer) delivered was neither in the novel, nor in the early drafts of the script. The idea was put in by Director F. Gary Gray who wanted Sin to be likable, but serious at the same time as well.

In every scene where the Dub MD's are in vehicles, the same song is playing. They talk about their music not being played, listen closely, the lyrics in this song reference this.

Footage for a concert scene featuring Aerosmith and Christina Milian was filmed at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on June 24, 2004.

Jennifer Connelly, Charlize Theron, Naomi Watts, and Halle Berry were considered for the role of Edie Athens.

At one point in the movie, Raj is referred to as "Vanilla Ice". In hip-hop folklore, it's said Marion 'Suge' Knight took Vanilla Ice out to a balcony of a hotel and dangled him over the side by his ankles. Raj went through the same scenario.

Barry Sonnenfeld originally intended to return as director to this follow-up to his Get Shorty (1995), but production delays and scheduling issues precluded that.

Steven Tyler jokingly says he is not the type of rock star who appears in movies. Steven had actually been in several movies at that point albeit usually as part of Aerosmith, notably including Wayne's World 2 (1993) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).

John Travolta and Uma Thurman dance, paying homage to their roles in Pulp Fiction (1994).

Harvey Keitel says in one scene, "I'm working the phones from dusk till dawn". He was in Ehast koiduni (1996).

Eric Balfour's role as Derek was cut from the movie, although at least some of his scenes appear amongst the deleted scenes on the DVD.

During the scene where Linda Moon performs with Aerosmith, the picture on Joe Perry's guitar is his wife Billie, whom he married in 1985.

The Hawaiian-esc costume/dance that Elliot (Dwayne Johnson) performs on stage at Linda Moon's show is very identical to the costume/dance scene performed by Maui in the children's animated film Moana (2016). Coincidentally, Dwayne Johnson is also the voice of Maui.

Brett Ratner was originally set to direct, but pulled out.

Harvey Keitel cameoed in Get Shorty (1995), the predecessor to this film which starred John Travolta, though the two had no scenes together.

In the opening scene Chili sees a film poster for a film called 'Get Lost' and says 'ah sequels' while shaking his head. Be Cool is the sequel to Get Shorty.

In the scene where John Travolta meets Harvey Keitel, Harvey puts his finger up as to make a gun. He did the same thing in Taksojuht (1976), wearing a similar undershirt.

John Travolta, Uma Thurman, and Harvey Keitel appeared in Pulp Fiction (1994).

When Chili Palmer (John Travolta) and Edie Athens (Uma Thurman) are driving down Hollywood Boulevard talking about Steven Tyler, they pass by the TCL Chinese Theatre. The movie playing is Äraostmatud (1987).

When Martin Weir (Danny DeVito) tells Chili Palmer (John Travolta) his Insight looks "a little tight for a big guy like you", Chili replies, "Small price to pay for the environment." This recalls a line in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), when Butch asks the bank guard why they tore the old bank down that it was beautiful, and the guard says it kept getting robbed, Butch replies, "Small price to pay for beauty."

Raji drives a white Lincoln Towncar with a burgundy top. The license plate is "NIT2WNIT" (In It To Win It).

Early on in the movie, Martin Weir (DeVito) says to Chili Palmer (Travolta) that he will be playing music icon Johnny Cash. In Travolta's previous film Ladder 49 (2004), he acted alongside Joaquin Phoenix, who went on to play Johnny Cash in Walk The Line (2005). Travolta also presented the Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy at the 2005 Golden Globes, which Phoenix won.

John Travolta and Vince Vaughn appeared in Domestic Disturbance (2001).

John Travolta and Robert Pastorelli were also both in Michael, (1996), although they share far less screen time in this movie.

Dan Brown: Dan Brown and his wife, in the front row at the Aerosmith concert.

Even though the film clearly deviates from the novel, there were some moments in the film which serves as a nod to the source novel: 1) The burn-out photo that Tiffany has (later picked up by Chili) is a nod to the fact that in the novel, the Russians operate a one-hour photo shop instead of the pawn shop. 2) The confrontation between DubMDs and the Russians in Nick's office is a nod to the intended shoot-out between the two. In the novel, neither parties appear in the second half. 3) When Raji tries to set up Sin LaSalle against Nick, Raji deliberately spell Carr's last name as CAR. In the novel, Nick's full last name is Carcaterra.